ARTWOrKBOOK

1 sT GrADE
Name: _______________________

2020-2021
 Welcome!
This is your art workbook for the 2020-2021 school
year!

In this workbook, we will be practicing skills used in

larger in-class projects.

K-6 Art Specialists

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 SKILLS CHECKLIST
1. Demonstrate safe scissor use and control.
2. Demonstrate appropriate use of glue application; dot, dot, not a lot or
edge gluing.
3. Demonstrate basic paper folding: side to side, corner to corner, and
accordion fold.
4. Demonstrate basic control of painting and printing tools such as brushes,
vegetables, and gadgets.
5. Practice modeling clay or paper into various 3d forms
6. Recognize patterns in art and objects.
7. Recognize and draw basic shapes: square, rectangle, circle, oval, and
triangle.
8. Transforms 2d shapes (triangle and square) into 3d forms (cone and cube).
9. Recognize and draw basic lines: straight, wavy, thick, thin, diagonal, zigzag,
spiral, curved, and dotted or dashed (broken) and how lines convey
feelings.
10. Recognize neutral, warm and cool colors.
11. Distinguish the difference between light and dark colors.
12. Name the primary colors and mix to make secondary colors.
13. Use words to describe visual and applied texture on objects and in art.
14. Identify space in art: beside/overlapping, above/below, close/far,
top/bottom, front/back, over/under.
15. Find and draw examples of near/large and far/small relationships to depth
perception.
16. Uses the concept of a horizon line with the background.
17. Create various facial expressions using simple shapes and lines.
18. Demonstrate the process of weaving through fiber arts; weaving over
straws.
19. Create artwork inspired by personal experiences, environment,
imagination/visualization, and careful observation of real objects.
20. Create artwork inspired by natural connections with math, language arts,
science, and social studies.
21. Recognize and discuss selected western and non-western artwork, artists,
styles to include a minimum of four artists for the year.
22. Describe similarities and differences in pairs of artwork.
23. Use art vocabulary to talk about art and share themes, subjects, or main
ideas.
24. In reading and writing; poses questions and gathers information from
artwork.
25. Express a preference for one artwork over others and offers a reason.
26. Explain ideas, thoughts, experiences and feelings expressed in personal
artwork.

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A line is a dot that went for a walk! There are many types
of lines to use when we are drawing and painting!

How does Larry the Lines

make lines?

Where do we see lines in

the world?

Draw as many lines as you know!

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Let’s practice drawing lines!

straight

wavy

zig zag

dashed

squiggly

castles

sharks

swirls

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Scissors are a very important art tool. We use them to
turn large items into smaller items.

the SMALL hole

in the scissors is
for your THUMB

the LARGE hole

in the scissors is
for your first
THREE FINGERS

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Let’s practice cutting lines! Cut on the dotted lines!

straight

wavy

zig zag

scalloped

castles

sharks

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Artists use glue to attach two pieces of art materials
together. You don’t need a lot of glue to make
things stick! Let’s see!

When we glue we want to

dot our glue and not
puddle it!
Use your glue bottle and
make a little dotted line
around the edge of the
shape!

Glue sticks are use the

same way except instead
of a dotted line, we use a
straight line!
Just go around the edge of
the shape with your glue stick!

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Paintbrushes are used to move paint around. There are
different parts of the brush we should know!

Ferrule Handle
Bristles

Heel
Toe Crimp

To keep our paintbrushes nice and neat, there’s a few

things we need to do…
1 Rinse ALL the paint out of my hair!

2 Put some soap in your hand and wash

my hair ‘til it’s all clean!

3 Rinse AGAIN!

4 Style my hairdo!

5 Lay me flat to dry!

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Watercolor Watercolor paints are

Painting Supplies: gentle paints that can be
layered to make new
- Water cup
colors. Watercolor paint is
- Watercolor set made with pigment (color)
in a water-based solution.
- Brush
This means, that when you
- Paper towel add water to watercolor
paints, they become liquid!

Watercolor is always
transparent, meaning you
can see the paper through
the paint.

There are many different

ways to paint with
watercolor paint including
wet-in-wet, dry brush,
gradation, layers, wax
resist, straws, and alcohol.

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Review your knowledge of the primary and secondary
colors by coloring the color wheel.

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Use your watercolor paints and mix each colors as
directed. Correctly label your new colors!

red
+ yellow
=
red
+ blue
=
yellow
+ blue
=
red
+ orange
=
yellow
+ green
=
blue
+ violet
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WARM COLORS
are red, orange,
and yellow.
They show heat
and summer.

RED ORANGE YELLOW

COOL COLORS
are green, blue,
and violet.
They show cold
and winter.

GREEN BLUE VIOLET

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Neutral colors are those colors not found on the color
wheel, but are made using colors from the color wheel.
They are found all over nature and especially on our
bodies.

What is the color of

Black your hair?

Sepia

Mahogany
What is the color of
your skin?
Burnt Sienna

Tan

Apricot
What is the color of
your pet or favorite
animal?
Peach

White

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Texture is the way something feels. In art we have two
kinds of texture: visual and tactile. Visual texture is when
you draw texture on an object. You show how it would
feel to touch it. You make it more lively!
Make the shapes below more lively by filling them with
textures shown beside the shape.

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Shapes are created when a line connects two ends. It is
an enclosed space. There are two categories of shapes:
geometric and organic.

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Space is the visual and physical space within an artwork.
Artists create space in a variety of ways.

DRAW BIG FILL THE WHOLE

PAPER
LINES OFF THE
PAPER

PLACEMENT IN SMALLER IN DISTANCE DARKER CLOSE OVERLAPPING

RELATION TO THE LARGER CLOSE UP UP & LIGHTER
HORIZON LINE FURTHER AWAY

FOREGROUND MIDDLE GROUND BACKGROUND 18

(NEAR SPACE) (MIDDLE SPACE) (FAR SPACE)
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In art, objects that are near are drawn large and closer to the
bottom of the page. Objects that are far are drawn small
and closer to the top of the page.

Finish this drawing. Draw one object near, and one object far.

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Facial expressions are how we tell the world how we are
feeling. It is important to be able to draw in our art, how the
characters are feeling. Here are some examples:

Practice drawing some

facial expressions on the
faces below!

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Pattern is the repetition of the elements of art or anything
else. There are many different kinds of patterns to use in
art!

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Practice completing the pattern. Color each pattern in
when you are complete!

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Textiles are felt or spun
fibers made into yarn or
thread and then knit or
woven to make fabrics.
They were first created in
the Middle East in the late
Stone Age.
From ancient times to
present day, textiles have
changed!
Different kinds of textiles
changed how people Weaving Basics
dressed, carried
belongings, and There are two main parts
decorated their world. to a weaving: the warp
thread & the weft thread.

The warp thread runs

vertically and is what
holds the weaving
together.

The weft thread runs

horizontally and adds all
of the details, patterns,
and color.

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Practice following a weaving pattern by coloring the grid
on the right, with the same pattern on the left.

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Talking about art is a big part of being an artist! We can look
for similarities and differences in art by observing what is in
each art piece.
What do you see in each of these What’s the same
artworks?
(Picasso's "Weeping Woman" left and Kiki Smith's in the two
"Melancholia“ right) artworks?

What’s different
in the two
artworks?

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When looking at art, you
might notice you like some
art and dislike other art.
What is important is to
figure out why. It might be
because you don’t like the
what is in the artwork or
you don’t like the colors or
the patterns shown. Any
feeling is okay, but using
your art vocabulary to talk
about it is what you want!

Look at the two portraits above. Which one do you like better?
Why? Use your art vocabulary and at least 1 full sentence.

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It is important to be able to write an artist statement about
your own work! An artist statement tells people who look at
your art how you feel about it, and what you want them to
know.
Let’s write an artist statement!

Title of Art:

I used these art

supplies to make my art:

I created a:

I used these shapes & colors in making my art.

My artwork makes me feel:

I also want to share:

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